Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sprintaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)prend-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *prę̀dati (“to jump, leap”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsprin.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sprintaną[1]

  1. to jump
  2. to emerge, to start

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sprintō *sprintaų — *sprintai ?
2nd singular *sprintizi *sprintaiz *sprint *sprintazai *sprintaizau
3rd singular *sprintidi *sprintai *sprintadau *sprintadai *sprintaidau
1st dual *sprintōz *sprintaiw — — —
2nd dual *sprintadiz *sprintaidiz *sprintadiz — —
1st plural *sprintamaz *sprintaim — *sprintandai *sprintaindau
2nd plural *sprintid *sprintaid *sprintid *sprintandai *sprintaindau
3rd plural *sprintandi *sprintain *sprintandau *sprintandai *sprintaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sprant *spruntį̄
2nd singular *spranst *spruntīz
3rd singular *sprant *spruntī
1st dual *spruntū *spruntīw
2nd dual *spruntudiz *spruntīdiz
1st plural *spruntum *spruntīm
2nd plural *spruntud *spruntīd
3rd plural *spruntun *spruntīn
present past
participles *sprintandz *spruntanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sprintan
    • Old English: sprintan
    • Old High German: *sprinzan
      • Middle High German: sprinzen
  • Old Norse: spretta

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sprentanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
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